Method of printing and binding books



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METHOD OF PRINTING'AI JD BINDING BOOKS Filed Feb. 21, 1945 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 8, 1949 METHOD OF PRINTING AND BiNDINGBOOKS Gilbert 11. Higgins, Mountain Lakes, N. J., as-

signor to R. Hoe & (30., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation oi NewYork Application February 21, 1945, Serial No: 579,121

6 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a method of printing and binding books andmagazines and more particularly to an improved method for producing andcovering signatures, to form a book or magazine in which the grain ofthe paper runs parallel to the binding.-

Books and magazines, as heretofore produced on rotary printing machinesequipped with Jaw folders, have been printed from plates arranged withcolumns across the cylinder, as compared to the herein described methodwherein the plates are arranged with columns around" the cylinder. Theheretofore known method has produced books and magazines in which thegrain of the paper is perpendicular to the binding thereof, and it iswell known in the trade that books and magazines of this type are not asacceptable as ones in which the grain of the paper is parallel to thebinding. Therefore it is an object of the invention to provide a newmethod, using a rotary printing machine equipped with a jaw folder, forproducing books and magazines in which the grain of the paper and thebinding are parallel. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved methodof'producing books and magazines in which two magazines are completelyassembled, bound, and covered before they are trimmed or cut apart.

The method herein disclosed includes printing a web of paper from plates.that are arranged with columns around the cylinder, cutting the webinto sheets, folding the sheets crosswise as with a jaw type folder toproduce signatures of a selected number of pages, assembling the propernumber of these signatures, binding them ontwo opposite edges, coveringthe bound signatures, and finally cutting apart the doubly boundsignatures and trimming them.

A preferred method of practicing the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of the sheet cutting and folding portionof a web fed rotary printing machine suitable for producing signa turesto be bound in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a view of a printing cylinder suitable for printing a webthat is to be cut and folded in practicing the invention;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a signature produced by the mechanismdiagrammatically illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a group of associated signatures;

Figure 51s a perspective view of the group of signatures after they havebeen bound;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the bound signatures associated with acover;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the signatures after the cover hasbeen folded and glued; and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the finished products produced bytrimming and cutting the covered signatures illustrated in Figure 7.

The drawings illustrate a preferred method of producing books ormagazines in which the grain of the paper runs parallel to the binding.Figure 2 illustrates a typical printing cylinder l0,

equipped with printing plates made and arranged Figure 1 shows thecutting and folding por tion of a web-fed printingmachine l'i. Althoughnot shown. it will be understood that a web of paper is perfected by theprinting machine having a plurality of printing cylinders similar to theprinting cylinder l0, and that after the web is printed, it is slit intoa plurality of ribbons, RI, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 each printed with twopages abreast. As shown, each printed ribbon is led around one of aplurality of turning bars I2. 2. first guide roller 13, a compensatingroller l4, and where, necessary around additional guide rollers l6,after which the plurality of turned ribbons are associated with theirside edges in substantial alignment and led between feeding rollers l1and I8. Thereafter the associated ribbons are cut into sets of sheets bycooperating cutting cylinders 2| and. 22 that cut the associated ribbonsperpendicular to their side edges, and the cut sheets are then taken bya combination collecting and folding cylinder 23,

. that cooperates with a jaw cylinder 24 to fold by collating aplurality of differently printed signatures, for example signatures 26a,26b. and 260 (Figure 4). These signatures may be printed simultaneouslyby one large printing machine, or

separately by one or more smaller printing ma- A group ofdifferently-printed signachines. tures 26a, 25b and 260 are assembled orcollated and their open opposite side edges 32 and 33, that run parallelto the grain of the paper, are then bound. While Figure 5 shows theseedges, bound with staples 34, it will be understood that they may bebound by stitching, by gluing, or in ,any suitable manner.

Figure 6 shows the doubly bound signatures associated with a cover sheet33 of a size suitable for covering two books, and it will be assumedthat the bound edges 32 and 33 have previously been roughened andprovided with a suitableglue. The various portions of the cover sheet 36reading from left to right are; a front cover 31, a back edge 33, a backcover 39, a second front cover 40, a second back edge 4|, and a secondback cover 42.

After the cover .sheet and bound signatures have been properlyassociated, the cover and back portions 31, 33, and the cover' and backportions 42, 4| are bent upward around the signatures until they assumethe position shown in Figure 7. This secures the cover to the boundsignatures by attaching the inside portions of the two back-edges 38 and4| to the previously glued portions 32 and 33. Thereafter the top andbottom edges 43 and 4-4, respectively, of the covered signatures aretrimmed, after which a single or double cut is made half way between andparallel to the vertical bound edges 32 and 33, thus separating thedoubly bound and covered signatures into two separate books indicated bythe numerals 46 and 41.

As shown in Figures 7 and 8, the left hand book 46 will have its frontcover 31 on top, whereas the right hand book 41 will be reversed withits back cover 42 on top. This is the preferable method of assembly,although other arrangements are possible.

The word book" as used herein, is intended to include the type of bookgenerally referred'to as a magazine, and to other similar publications.

It will be understood that the invention may be embodied in otherspecific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributesthereof, and it is therefore desired that the present embodiment beconsidered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive,reference being made to the claims rather than to the foregoingdescription for an indication of the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

l. The method of simultaneously producing two books, which comprisesassociating a plurality of ribbons slit from printed webs so the sideedges of the ribbons are in substantial alignment, cutting theassociated ribbons perpendicularly to the side edges and to the papergrain, to form sets of sheets two pages long and two pages wide havingcut edges and side edges, folding each set of cut sheets substantiallymidway between the cut edges to form a signature, collating groups ofsuch signatures and binding each group at 4 both side edges, and cuttingeach thus bound group in the direction of the paper grain andsubstantially midway between its two bound edges.

2. The method of simultaneously producing two books, which comprisesassociating a plurality of ribbons slit from a printed web so their sideedges are in substantial alignment, cutting the associated ribbonsacross the paper grain and perpendicularly to the side edges to formsets of sheets each two pages long and two pages wide and having cutedges and side edges, folding each set of cut sheets substantiallymidway between the cut edges and across the paper grain to form asignature, collating a plurality of such signatures and binding them atboth side edges, wrapping a sheet of cover material about the boundsignatures and securing it to the bound edges of each thus boundproduct, and cutting each such product substantially midway between itstwo bound edges.

3. The method of producing books in which the grain of the paper runsparallel to the binding, which comprises printing a web of paper withcolumns of printing positioned lengthwise thereof in the direction ofthe paper grain, cutting the web into sheets at least two pages long andtwo pages wide, collating a plurality of said sheets and producingsignatures by folding the cut sheets transversely of the grain of thepaper, assembling a plurality of such signatures in proper sequence,binding the assembled signatures on two opposite unfolded edges,covering the bound signatures, and cutting the thus doubly boundsignatures midway between the bound edges and along the paper grain toproduce two books.

4. The method of producing books which comprises, printing a travellingweb of paper with columns of printing running lengthwise thereof and inthe direction of the paper grain, cutting web into sheets at least twopages long and two pages wide and collecting a plurality of said sheets,folding the cut and collected sheets transversely of their direction oftravel to form signatures, binding a group of such signatures on twoopposite unfolded edges, assembling the bound signatures with materialfor two covers, securing the cover material to the bound signatures, andcutting the covered signatures midway between the bound edges to producetwo books.

5. The method of simultaneously producing two books which comprisescollecting sets of printed sheets each two pages long and two pages widewith the lines of printing running transversely of the paper grain,folding each set of sheets parallel to the lines of printing and on aline substantially midway between opposite edges of the said sheets toform a signature, assembling a plurality of such signatures and bindingthem together on two opposite edges that parallel the grain of thepaper, and cutting through the thus doubly bound signatures between andsubstantially parallel to the bound edges, thereby producing two boundbooks in which the grain of the paper runs parallel with the binding.

6. A method of producing two covered books in which the grain of thepaper runs parallel with the bound edges of the pages, which comprisescollecting a plurality of printed sheets each two pages wide and twopages long with the lines of printing running transversely of the papergrain, folding the collected sheets crosswise of the paper grain andmidway between pages to form a signature, collating a plurality of suchsignatures and binding them together on two opposite edges that parallelthe grain of the paper,

5 6 wmmlne and securing a piece of cover material around the boundsignatures. coverin the first UNITED STATES PATENTS and last poses andthe bound edges thereof, and Number Name Date cutting through vthe thusdoubly bound signa- 664574 North Dec. 25, 1900 tures between pages andsubstantially parallel to 5 702.413 Dressel June 17, 1902 the said boundedges. 804,293 Wood Nov. 14, 1905 GILBERT H. HIGGINS. 1,046,064 GossDec. 3, 1912 1,132,215 Roesen Mar. 16, 1915 REFFBENCES CITED 2,255,087Bawdon et a1 Sept. 9. 1941 The followin: references are of record in thefile of this potent:

